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Fatality #5 - February 25, 2008

Accident Classification: Machinery
Location: Wash Plant, Illinois
Mine Controller: Georgia A Pavin
Mine Type: Surface
Mined Material: Construction Sand and Gravel
Incident Date/Time: February 25, 2008 04:00 pm
FATALITY ALERT

METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On February 25, 2008, a 62 year-old manager with 28 years experience was fatally injured at a surface sand and gravel operation. He was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator broke through the ice as it traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch towards the dragline. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about six hours after the accident. 

FINAL REPORT
MAI-2008-05